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Bubseriptlon Price In $1.00 Per Yew Payable in Advance. Pnblished by ADVEKTIHP.lt PBINTING COMPANY Laurens, 8. C. ALISON LEE *W. O. LANCASTER ARTHUR LEE President vlce-Pres. Sec. and Treas. Advertising Rates on Application. Obituaries and Card of Thanks t One cent a word. Fkitored at the postofflce at Laurens, S. C. as second class mail matter. LAURENS, 8. C, MA RUH 1?, 1?!*. The Advertiser will be glad to receive Ibe local news of all the communities In the county. Cor. respondents arc requested to sign their names to tbe contri butions. Letters should not be mailed later than Monday morn ing. Easter comes but once a year. When ladies buy their new head gear. (Get the campbire! ? ? ? Ed DeCamp suggests that the Press Association take Its annual Jaunt this year to Jacksonville. Wis? old owl! Why not Oayton. O.. or Chattanooga? ? ? ? They say that one of the principal characteristics of Representative Mc Cravy is his common sense. From his refusal to l>e drawn into the race for United State? Senate, he ought rather to be classed with those with uncom mon sonst*. A less level-headed man than Mr. McCravy could easily have been drawn into this race after the flattery and commendations he has had heaped upon him. It seems that the "boom" was launched without his knowledge and he showed rare good sense and an excellent spirit of self denial ami love for the state in re fusing to be drawn into It. Whether or not he could have been elected Is a question that would only have been decided by the election and politics take curious turns sometimes. Rut Mr. McCravy raid that he had other work to do in this state and he Bhould bo highly commended for sticking to an unfinished task, instead of trying to gra.p higher honors on a reputation gained on work not yet finished ? * ? Easley Is one good-sized town in the upper part of the state that is mot seekittp to become a county seat. ?Greenvilb- News. And Prosperity Is another. A town doe ? not have to be a county seat in order t/> -Ik; ?progressive and prosper ous.?NowiK-rry Observer. It cannot be denied that the forma tion of a new county aids In the de velopment of the new county-seat through che Increase In populatiou and the consequent enhancement of real estate values. Rut, this in itself is not necessarily beneficial to all the Citizens of the county-seat though it adds wealth to the owners of sur plus property. The new comers might not be and art? not always gen wine producers and they are the only ones of any benoflt to the town, but ?night be and often nro but partici pants in the trade which the county neat already enjoys. Seventy-five thousand dollars spent in building new manufacturing industries would be equally it not more beneficial than tho same amount spent In securing a now countr. ? ? ? TUM PRESS MEETING. Pres. H *L. Watson, o' the Press Association baa started the wheels Broiling for tho annual meeting which Is to be hold this year In Charleston, Pres. Watson has called for sugges tions as to the annual trip after the regular meeting. It Is our bellof, based on observation rather than testimony, that the majority of the mombers of the association would llko to do away fwlth this trip within a trip and give their attention to something else. To ?a great oiao/, >;he o.u?ay of time and to^r.'y for* Ul? meeting itself is as much as tihoy care to make. There nro various reasons for this which all the mom bora readily appreciate. In lieu of a trip. It seems to us that the duration of the meeting should ho gnade one day longer, though tho pro gram should remain the same length. is our idea that If this wore done nnd if tho business sessions wore held fh the mornings and evenings and the afternoons left open for other pleas more mombers would be lo to attend at least a part of the tneetlng and all who attend would take -more Interest In tho sessions. It can Hot be denied that a great many of flte membors attend the annual meot frgs expecting other pleasures than those afforded by the different items on the program. There Is no criticism to )>o made because of this, but if seme *?>?wMinrM wow taken to provkle a time for business and a time for pleasure, more general attendance up on the business sessions would result. This arrangement would give am ple time for business and recreation nnd would, we believe, meet with the approval of a majority of the mombers * ? ? SAME COTTON. LESS ACRES. The Progressive Farmer expresses more concisely than we could ever hope to our idea of the policy which the southern farmers should adopt in growing cotton, vir,, the cultivation of fewer acres but in such manner as to produce a crop equal that now being raised on the present acreage. Though The Progressive Farmer does not suggest what to do with the poor land which is now being worked un. profitably, we would go a little furth er and urge the necessity of cultivat ing this by systematic rotation of crops so that it will in tlm? become equally as fertile as the good land is now. Says The Progressive Farmer: "Fewer acres In Cotton?more cot ton to the acre! This to our thinking, should be the slogan for cotton grow ers this year?or any other year for that matter. "Tho folly of an excessively large crop has been repeatedly pointed out and is now generally recognized. Yet these excessive crops are planted ev ery few ><>ars and low prices follow. These, in turn, are followed by steren uous efforts to reduce the acreage; and whenever the acreage is reduced, or a bad crop year comes, and the price goes a little above normal there is an other general rush to plant every available acre to cotton. "We said last week that the only way to make the cotton crop a steaally profitable crop, would be to change southern farming from the single "sale-crop" basis to the basis of a system of diversified farming in which livestock, food crops, feed crops and soil-building crops should all be giv en their proper places This we be lieve with all our heart; and if any reader has not laid out his farming to conform to a systematic rotation which considers first the fertility of his soil, he should begin this spring to work out such a rotation. "This is the rational way permanent ly to reduce the cotton acreage to a reasonable size and to insure reason able crops from the land planted. It is hard to find words fitly to describe the suicidal folly of planting to cot ton, year after year, 12,000,000 acres of land that cannot reasonably be ex pected to produce a profitable crop. Let us Implore every reader of The Progressive Farmer who has been guilty of this folly In the past to see that his part of it ends this very year. "Plant to cotton this year only land that will give you a paying crop. It only makes you poorer to tend those low-producing acres. "Then, on the land you plant use every effort to make a good yield. There Is no reason over to expect cot ton prices high enough to make the average yield profitable. It is folly to say that Instruction in cotton grow ing Is not needed. Good farming? yes, respectable farming?would dou ble the average yield; and as long as 20.000,000 acres of land Is tended to produce the crop that should grow on 15,000,000 acres, the cotton farmer is going to be in poor shape to fight the battle for a scientific marketing sys tem. What the farmer wants is not so much higher prices as larger pro fits, and his first duty Is to make his crop at a reasonable cost. To do this he must, first, stop wasting labor on fields that cannot pay, and second, make the fields he docs tend produce their crops at as lo^v cost as possible. When ho does this, some profit will be assured; and he will soon bo in a position to finance his own cotton crop and to help fix the price for it." CLEARS FACE OF PIMPLES, IILACKHEADS Wonderful ZF.MO Also Stops Terrible Itching AT ONCE;; Cures All SkJn Troubles. Get a 25c bottlo otf ZEMO today. At last! At last! One application of ZEMO, the wonderful now treat ment, quickly put an end to those awful, humiliating pimples and black heads. For tho first time In months I haven's been ashamed to go out In public." A trial of ZEMO will con vinco you of Its astonishing results In clearing the complexion. ZEMO is a clean, antiseptic, solu tion not a greasy paste or olntmont.i You simply apply it on tho afflicted part?your pimples, blotches and blackheads,?all eczema sores and pains, prickly heat, rash, tetter inflam ed or reddened skin, all disappear. It also cures dandruff, which is scalp eczema. ZEMO Is guaranteed to stop Itching immediately. It gives instant relief. "I havo had wonderful benefit from your famous ZEMO for the skin. It has cured my face completely." Miss E. N., Rugby Place, St. Louis, Mo. ZEMO Is sold in 25c sealed bottles and guaranteed In Laurens by Lau rons Drug Co. Wo now have a complete lino of Oil Cook Stoves You will find our prices very low. If you want an oil stovo it will pay you to call on us. S. M. & E. II. Wllkos & Co. 88886866888888868888 8 8 8 STATE PRESS COMMENT. 8 8 8 88888888888888888888 Tb? More the Merrier! By the way, who Is running for postmaster here? Things are getting a little dull along that line. Can't somebody pull out one of those pe titions and start something ?LaurenB Advertiser. What for do you want to stir the thing??Newberry Herald and News. Laurens Atmosphere. Messrs. W. C. Bynum, of George town; and B. L. Jones, of Laurens, tw> former Newberry boys, were honored by the State Teachers' association. The former was chosen vice president of the association at its meeting in Co lumbia last week and the latter as secretary. No South Carolina asso ciation can get along without New berry people.?Newberry Herald and| New 8. Listen at Greneke! Another announcement hailed with | pleasure by many people is that of j Mr. John F. Bolt, of Laurens, for rail road commissioner. Whatever the number of candidates, the man who get the place will have Jno. F. Bolt to beat. He is the man. No stranger is is Laurens long until he is John Bolt's friend?an John's his, if he is any man at all. He is the embodiment of the Laurens spirit, which is fine, and the personification of the Laurens friendship, which is genuinely warm and sincere.?'Newberry' Herald and News. Going to the Top. Mr. S. B. Boney has been promoted to tho position of city editor on the Charleston News and Courier. Mr. Boney is one of the brightest of the bright men on the staff of that fine daily. The Herald and News reporter became acquainted with Mr. Boney when the former was reporter for the Laurensvllle Herald and the latter was editor of the Laurens Advertiser. The Charleston people will find in Mr. Boney a clever, capable and most ex cellent city editor of thoir popular I newspaper?Newberry Herald and| News. ? ***??#????*?*??? * SHILOn LETTER. Shiloh, March 17.?We have been having a lot of rain in this communi ty. Hope to see some dry weather for a while. Mrs. Chestien has been very sick, but Is slowly improving. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henderson spent Thursday with Mr. Barl Gray. Miss Alma Gray spent Tuesday night with Lily Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson were visiting in this community Saturday. NEWS OF THE WEEK IN TOWN OF CLINTON (Continued from Page One.) a creditable speaker, whoever he may be. Tuesday was ladies' day down town, Bailey Brothers and J. W. Copeland company both displaying their spring millinery. Tho hats arc really ex. tromely pretty this spring and less freakish than baa been the case for some years. The young ladies' embroidery club met on Monday afternoon with Miss Mabel Humerel. Mrs. J. W. Copeland, Jr., entertain ed the merry wives on Wednesday af ternoon and the Civic League on Fri day. Miss Oorrle Copeland and Master John Craig of Statosvllle, are visiting at Capt. J. W. Copcland'8. Mrs. "W. P. Anderson and Miss An nie Graham Anderson will leave Thursday for their new home in Tim monsvflle. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moody and Miss Susan left tho past week for a visit in Florida. Mrs. It. Z. Wright and Miss Sallie Wright have returned from an extend ed visit in Greenville. A SURE REMEDY FOR LAZY LIVER Go (o Laurens Drng Co. for this Safe, Reliable Remedy and Get Your Money Bnck if it * nils. Thero are vory f?w remedies that gain the confidence! of druggists as DodsonNi ldver Toncldoes. Tho Lau rens Drug Co. sells It and hacks up tho salo of ovory: b&ttlo with the money back guarantee) that tho price will be refunded If itvJills to give com plete satisfaction. Dodson's Liver Tone costs CO cents a bottle. It Is the safest and best remedy for torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, etc., that has ever been sold in this cilty. It takes the place of dangerous calomel and does not lay you up as a dose of calomel oft n does. A bottle In tho house is as good aa fifty cents in the bank. If you or your family need a liver tonic you have the medicine ready. If it falls you get your money back. Be sure you get Dodson's Liver Tone when you ask for It. There are Imitations of It that may disappoint you. UNION MEETING. The Union Meeting of the First Pi 'ision of the Laurens Association will meet with Friendship Baptist church March 29-30, 1913. ' Program. Saturday, March 29. 10:00?.Devotional Exercises. J. A. Marler. 10:15?Organizing. 10:30?Reports from churches. 11:00)?Introductory sermon. J. M. Trogdon. 1:30?The home mission work: (1) The mountain schools, G. T. Cook; (2) the work on the frontier, Oscar Lanford; (3) the work among the foreigners, E. E. Guinn: (4) the church building fund, W. H. Drum mond. 2:30?A Baptist sanitarium. Advantag es and disadvantages in having a sanitarium. Open discussion. 3:00?The Connie Maxwell Orphan age. T. J. Hughes, J. A. Marler. W. G. Henderson, T. B. Riddle, J. A. Martin, 3:30?Our duty towards our denomina tional periodicals J. Daw son Bow en, Thomas Cooper, S. E. Bramlett, Clyde Godfrey, Charles Wilkey. Sunday, March 30. 10:00?Sunday school. 11:00?^Missionary Sermon. J. Daw son Bowen. J. M. Trogdon, Moderator. We have JuBt recleved a large ship ment of Window Shades in all colors and sizes, our prices are lower than you will find elsewhere. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. \j SPECIAL NOTICES, jjj Rooms For Rent?Furnished *ooms for rent. Next door to the Jiey post office. Apply to Mrs. R. Fl/3exton, Laurens, S. C. 34-1 t-pd Cotton Seed For Sale?50 bushpis of Webber Long Staple Cotton Sfced for sale. Pure seed. Apply town. S. Machen, Laurens, S. C. 34-lt For Sale?One ]good work ^iorse. Price $70.00. A good horse /or the price. Apply to H. Y. Simp\yJn, Lau rens, S. C. 34-2t For Sale?5-passcnger Touring car. One running shape, good /ires Will sell for $250.00 cash or on/good nego tiable papers. Bargain*' for quick buyer. Address Box 206, I^aurens. S. C. 34-tf Wanted To Sell?or exchan/e for other property, 50 colonies otf /ioob in 8 frame hives. W. D. Fowler, Glenn Springs, S. C. 34-5t Ring Found?Small gold ringifo/nd near Mr. M. L. Roper's Friday. fwner can havo by paying for this notlae. See Joe Fuller. 34-lt Jack?A large Tennessee J&ck for service. Colts to show. Cat/ guaran teed. Fee $12.50. R. G. Harris, Wood ruff, S. C, Route No. 2. 34-^t For Sale? Crystal White Orpington and S. C. White Leghorn eggs. Ring let Barred Plymouth Rock eggt /at $1.50 per 15. Prize winners at eyun ty fair. Good hatch guaranteed, ^lrs. J. S. Bennett, Laurens, S. C. fyt-5t Ginning Friday?The Hudgeits/Gln nory will gin for the last time <\n Fri day, March 21st. 34-lt Salesman Wanted to look after our Interest In Laurens and adjacebhcoun ties. Salary or Commission. Vfddress The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland, O. 34-lt-pd Eggs for Sale?My beautiful White Runner ducks verify the clam of a lady fancier who says: "TluV/will out lay anything with feathers\ln it." $3 per doz. $5 per 25. Mrs. P. H. Martin, Madden, S. C. 34-lt-pd Grinding Days?After March 15, I will grind only on Friday hnd Satur day of each week. Grist mill in city of Laurens, rear of the wed Iron Racket. B. E. Martini ? 33-2t Byrdrllle Dairy andl Stock Farm Jack is ready for seiwlco. See the colts that won prlzes\|at the County Fair. W. D. Byrd & Son, R. F. D. 3, telephone No. 10, Laurens, S. C. 33-3mos Ryrdville Dairy and Stock Farm has a limited amountvof Malborough Prolific seed corn foi sale. Supply also placed at Hunteajfi: Co. and Ow fngs & Owings ntorBfe. Price $2.00 per bushel. W. D. Byrd & Son, R. F. D. No. 8, telephone No. 10, Laurens, S. C. 33-3t Pens, Peas, Peas?Hpr sale, price and sample sent oa application. Hattaway & Co., Spartnnburg, S. C. 33-tf j Every Farmer sending his address to Drawer 505 Columbia, S. C, will receive Information tKat Is valuable. Write at once. 33-5t-pd Duck Eggs?IndlAn Runner duok eggs. $1.00 for 13. ^ddross Mrs. M. A. Jones, Gray Court 32.5t Corn For Sale?60|fA or 700 bush els in the ear for s?N*. Good, round corn. Apply to S. J. Davis, I-aurens. 28-10-pd For Quick Sale at Loss Than Cost? ?Stock and fixtures/of staple and fancy groceries, aboux twenty-five hun dred dollars. Freshen in city; also the nicely furnished stere-room for rent Address Box 23, Laurens, S. C. 27-tf Wo are showing a special in Cut Glass Water Set, consisting of Pitcher and six Tumblers for only $1.25. S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM, NO LIME PHOSPHATE _I-; WARRIOR CREEK. Warrior Creek, March 17.?The oys ter supper at Mrs. Roberson's Friday night W88 quite a success and greatly enjoyed by all the young folks. Little Miss Eleanor Drummond of Lanford is spending some time with her grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Fowler. Miss Esther Bramlett spent the iweek-end with her aunt, Mrs. Cora Roberson." Miss Erilla Brownlee is visiting friends in Lanford this week. Mr. S. C. Brownlee has German measles. There has been several cas es in our community thlb winter. Mrs. Bessie Owons entertained the ladies' missionary society Thursday afternoon. Miss Josie Entrekln has returned home after a pleasant visit to rela tives in Laurens. Mrs. Susan Bramlett spent Wednes day with Mrs. Wille Fowler. We offer special prices on Tunston Electric Bulbs as follows: 25 wat 40c, 40 wat 45c, 60 wat 60c, Carbon bulbs 4, 8 and 16 C. P. 16 and 20 cents, 32 C. P. 35c. S. M. ft E. H. Wilkes ft Co. wagons Carriages le?TAai.i?wp iaaa Harness Automobiles Wagons Carriages Harness Automobiles i'S'A u'A'J Jtftff A Carload of "STUDEBAKERS" We have just received a carload of Studebaker wagons. Come in and look them over. Let us show you how well a Studebaker is built. JOHN A. FRANKS, Laurens, S. C. Smartest Spring Apparel Linked with the most modest prices can be found at H. Terry's. Do you need Dainty Neckwear, or a New Waist or Gloves or perhaps a Dress? All these are ready here in splendid assort ment priced with that reasonableness that has made our store known throughout the county. Easter Furnishings For Men The apparel that you'll be proud to wear, awaits your choosing at this store. Shoes, Sox, Underwear, Ties and Collars in the latest shades and styles. Visit Our Opening Display To-day H. TERRY Laurens, S. C.